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| Past Waterside Apartments |
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| We are being followed! |
It was sunny when we got up this morning and it was actually
warm at last as it has been chilly for days.
We chugged off down the canal, past some nice waterside apartments and
past two moored boats and one of them came out behind us, this is the first
time we have had a boat behind us since we started our trip, what a novelty! On past the Earlswood Motor Yacht Club where
there are a lot of moored boats and on around the corner under Bridge 18 and
moored up opposite Warings Green Wharf where there is a long line of long term
moored boats. This is a really sunny
spot. Just along the towpath by Bridge
19 is The Blue Bell Cider House. We only
chugged 2 miles today, that’s more like it, getting back into our rhythm!
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| Wedge's Bakery |
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| The Cake Counter |
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| Wedge's Bakery & Friendly Staff |
At Bridge 20 there is a brilliant bakery called Wedge’s
Bakery, well it was the last time we were here, so we walked along the towpath
for a bit, then went off the two path and walked up the lane as the towpath
was a bit muddy and soon we were at the Bakery.
It is about ½ mile from the Bell Blue Cider House. It was all we remembered, they make fresh
cakes, bread etc. every day and also sell fruit, veg, sausages, bacon, local
milk, quiches, scotch eggs, pies, etc.
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| Fruit & Veg Stand |
It is a brilliant place and therefore we bought quite a few
things. The staff are really friendly
and extremely busy with a steady stream of customers and considering it seems
to be in the middle of nowhere with just a few houses nearby its amazing.
They also now have a café so we had a coffee and a bacon
sandwich with local bacon and fresh granary bread made this morning, really
yummy.
Suitably refreshed and our purses considerably lighter, we
walked back to the boat, dropped off our shopping then walked up to the pub.
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| The Blue Bell Cider House |
It is a traditional pub real cider, there is quite a choice
and serving pub food but dockers portions!
We had some cider and sat in the sunny garden by the
canal.
Where the moored boats are, they sell diesel and gas, so we
stopped by to find out the price of the gas as we need to get some. It was £26,75 for 13kg and you can use the
Elsan for £1, so when we go by tomorrow or the next day depending when we move,
we will stop and get gas.
We walked back to the boat and I had the enormous chocolate éclair
that I bought at the bakers with a cup of tea, it was delicious, but will need
to do extra walking tomorrow as I dread to think how many calories it was!
We may chug on tomorrow or stay put, will decide in the
morning.
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| Moored at The Blue Bell Cider House, Warings Green |
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